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What should I do when, for example, a 2–3-year-old refuses to put the toys away? He shakes his head as if to say 'no', smiles, and continues playing with his toys. What would you recommend I do next? I tend to speak quite insistently, essentially pressing him to comply with my request: 'After you’ve finished playing, you need to put it away.' He understands what I want from him. After playing, he should put the items away. Or is that not the right approach? Should I simply pick them up myself and ask for his help in the process? (Usually I tidy up myself; he sometimes helps, sometimes not, mostly not).
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Margarita
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She asked that we remove it together, in a playful way.
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August 31, 2025, 7:18 AM
Tatyana
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In a playful format, we cleaned up together at first, and then we started doing it ourselves.
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August 31, 2025, 7:18 AM
Olesya
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I started tidying up with them; they pulled their weight. When they didn't, I asked them to help. And then it evolved not into 'help me,' but into me helping them.
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August 31, 2025, 7:18 AM
Olesya
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Olesya If you simply deny it, there will be protests.
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August 31, 2025, 7:19 AM
Olesya Dyakonova
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Presented in a playful way: Wow, look at this box I have! Let’s see who can put more toys into it, or into a bag—where you keep them at home. Sometimes two boxes were set up and you had to toss in soft toys; whoever lands a toy in the box is the winner. At times, it leaned into pity: I would pretend to step on a toy and cry, "Mom, it hurts, I can’t go anywhere. Let’s clean up, and I’ll help you." It didn’t work at first, but it did eventually. I read the fairy tale 'Fedorino Gore' (Fedorino Goré) and hid a couple of my favorite toys, saying that they were upset and had left, just like in the tale. Let’s gather the rest; perhaps they’ll come back. And of course they did come back.
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August 31, 2025, 7:21 AM
Gavrilova Natalya
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At ages 2–3, they don’t need this at all. We should engage them, not demand from them. Make it a playful game, like a race to see who’s faster, and so on.
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August 31, 2025, 7:24 AM
Gavrilova Natalya
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Gavrilova Natalya And with all your requests, I don't think you'd like it either when someone starts giving orders.
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August 31, 2025, 7:24 AM
Kucherenko Oksana
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Naturally, this is all in a playful context.
"The toy cars want to sleep in the garage."
"The toy cars will be sad when you go for a walk; you need to put them away."
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August 31, 2025, 7:30 AM
irina isaeva
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At this age, we are only together.
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August 31, 2025, 7:36 AM
Leyla
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We find that a cleaning routine we do together works best. I started training before the younger one turned one year old. Now, almost two, the younger one mostly cleans up by himself; I just imitate cleaning 😁. It was tougher with the older child—I didn't start right away, thinking she was still too small. As she grew, she didn't want to tidy at all. She ended up tidying herself only until about age five. Now she's 7.9, and I still have to tell her twenty times. I was already smarter with the younger one.
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August 31, 2025, 7:42 AM
Biryuk Svetlana
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No—she just goes and cleans up. She cleans up after herself: if she spills something, she wipes it up; and if you ask, she'll wipe her hands too.
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August 31, 2025, 7:42 AM
Tata
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In time, will everything be as you want—so that everything is carried out strictly under your orders? Patience, Mother ;)
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August 31, 2025, 7:43 AM

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